Lothar Pelzer

Lothar Pelzer (1676-) was a general of the Holy Roman Empire and a veteran of the Ottoman-Habsburg Wars and the War of the Spanish Succession.

Biography
Lothar Pelzer was born in Wagram in the Holy Roman Empire in the present-day country of Austria. Pelzer enlisted in the army in 1693 and the Second Siege of Namur was his first battle, fought in 1695. On 11 September 1697 he fought in the Battle of Zenta under the command of Prince Eugene of Savoy, and gained contempt for the Turk due to prejudice earned in his years of battle.

In Winter 1704 Lothar Pelzer was promoted to the rank of General during the War of the Spanish Succession and commanded an army in the Austrian Netherlands.